I've decided I'm going to start keeping on a log on here. I like the sense of community and knowledgeable members.

Background:
I've been a baseball player all of my life. I played high school baseball, college baseball and spent a year in the minors.

Since I've stopped playing I'm now into jiu-jitsu and into strength training. I have been doing jiu-jitsu now for three years, and plan to continue practicing for many years to come. I have done programs like bill starr's 5 X 5, wendler's 5/3/1, some westside and RTS. I'm interested in potentially doing a Sheiko program and see how I handle the high volume.

I'm very busy with work, and I work basically everyday so I may not be the best at updating my log on a daily basis.

Was hoping to get another set in with the squats but I hit the RPE Stop.

I seem to be able to grind out more reps on the squat then the bench. I'm not sure if this is normal for others.

On the bench I focused on pulling the bar apart and it really made a big difference on the warmups, but had less of an effect in the work sets. The way it felt I could not get this same feeling on heavier weight.

Good mornings felt horrible on the first rep of the set and then got easier as I became accustomed to the movement. It made it a bit awkward to rate the sets.

I have not used the push press as a main exercise before so this will hopefully amount to some good gains.

The cleans were moving at a good speed, but technique is still all over the place at times. I hope to have some time to watch some videos on form.

Deficit deads are new to me so I started off light this week and will likely have another light week before I start trying to crank up the weight.

I'm going to try to increase the total amount of pullups I do each week. So this week I did 16 and next week I plan to increase by 4.

I went to no gi jiu-jitsu and grappled with two really good guys. Grappled a total of twenty minutes and I was very exhausted after the experience. Learned some good moves and using the knee in between the legs to pass. It is crucial to control the same side arm to prevent the guy from turning into you. Having the opposite side underhook helps out as well. A good defense to this pass seems to be getting out to the side of your opponent and going for a single leg. He should try and push your head and pull the leg out, but this is a neutral position.

I'm using the hang cleans to really work on getting good triple extension. I used this first week to get used to the exercise. Next week I will videotape and see how I look.

I found it very difficult to stay paused for three seconds on every rep. I guess I will need to train myself to stay patient and break lots of lifting habits.

The 1 board press is a lot different than the floor press and I find it easier to load the weight on with this one. I think it will be a good overload exercise and I'm curious to see how the bench will improve in this time period.

I went to no gi jiu-jitsu and had a good role with someone that used to wrestle. It was really back and forth and had a lot of tranisitions. I had a kimura locked in but couldn't finish it from side control. Also, I learned a new sweep from half guard. You use the shin at the elbow and underhook their leg and you can topple over your opponent. I then went with someone that used to be in the NFL, and he is technical and explosive. I was able to reverse some positions and avoid submissions for awhile but he finally got me. I know my strength comes into play when I can flip him from the mount. I need to improve my technique and get stronger to compete with him.

I followed Mike's advice on the deadlifts and I was surprised at the amount of volume I got in. I looked at the videos and it didn't look like an 8 on the last set but my lower back was getting tired and it took a lot of effort.

The press went well and I was happy with the volume.

I'm going to take it light on the ATG Squats until I feel more comfortable. I want to use it to supplement the olympic lifts, so I focused on trying to get down in the hole quickly. Hopefully this will have some carry over to the low bar squat and cleans.

I went real light on the dynamic rows since I felt like I got a good amount of work in for the week. I need to keep increasing my work capacity.